Love This Day!

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd -  LOVE THIS DAY! -

Hi there!

It is time to share some inspiration with this week's project for Scrapbook Nerd.   This time, I got to play with Maggie Holmes's Carousel collection, and a bit of mixed media to document a picture of my sister on her 40th birthday.

It all started when i carefully cut the letters from the Carousel paper pad.   I love large titles!  To make sure all the title letters and picture pop, a bit of mixed media was added to the background of the page.  A few splashes of  Heidi Swapp colorshine in rose, mustard, gold and peacock.

After placing and stitching the title to the background. It was time to start embellishing by creating a visual triangle to the page.  For this I used the top and bottom corner of the title to add a few embellishment clusters - all from pieces from the collection-.

Next I simply added the picture of my sister to the side of the picture,and completed the visual triangle by adding two clusters of embellishments to 2 of the picture's corners.   Just love that black and white flower print!!!  Here is the final layout:

I love the combination of the subtle background, the large gold title and the clusters of the black and white flowers.   The perfect page to document my sister on her birthday.


Don't forget to stop by Scrapbook Nerd to check all the Maggie Holmes Carousel collection items available at the store.  I am always a comment away if you have questions on how this came together.


Take care,

#Be Brave

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  - #BE BRAVE -

Hi!

I hope you are doing well!

Today i am back with the first official project as the DT coordinator for Scrapbook Nerd.  I am so thankful to Joy and Barb for trusting on me!.    This time, I want to share a bit of the back story for this picture, before i show you how i created the layout.

I took this picture while hanging off a bridge high over a running river, just so i could take pictures of my kids walking down the river bank... I am a bit crazy that way.   Now back to the layout.  I love a big title, so I used one of the Silhouette alphabets to create the letters and then fuse them all together  with a bit of hand stitching to create the large title for this page.    The collection being featured is 1Canoe2 Creekside collection,

Since there is so much going in the background, I am kept the rest of the page simple. Just a few stickers around the picture.

And a few details around the bottom of the page just bring the page together.  Before i show you the completed page, I want to say that i am in love with the river paper, and it fit the picture so perfectly, i just had to use it.

LOVE, love how this page turn out.   Even when it is so far off my usual white backgrounds,  i could not have been more pleased with the outcome.  

I hope this inspires you to pick up a patterned paper as a background.  Remember you can find all the materials used here in the  Scrapbook Nerd store.   As always feel free to contact me with any questions.

Keep on Craftin'



Materials Used:
1 Canoe 2 - Creekside collection - 12x12 Paper Pad, stickers, thickers, ephemera
1 Canoe 2 -  Hazelwood collection - cork shapes
Maggie Holmes - Carousel collection - Clear Stickers

Magical Moments

Scrapbook Layout created for Maya Road - MAGICAL MOMENTS -

Hello Roadies!

Nathalie with you today!   I  hope you all are doing well, now that the kids are back in school, and hopefully you have more time to get crafty.  

Today, I am bringing you a new layout created using a few Maya Road products and a bit of mixed media.   This month's focus is Kraft products -there are so many beautiful kraft goodies to chose from at the store-, so I tried to incorporate a few small kraft details in my page.

I wanted to create a simple page to document a special moment between my youngest kids, so I set to play with a bit of distress oxide inks and gold modelling past to create a soft background for the page.

Once the page was all ready, a small kraft envelope was placed on the bottom right corner of the page.   A few pieces of ephemera from Maggie Holmes' Carousel collection were then inserted in the envelope.  Using the Geometric Feather die, a few  feathers were cut from one of the papers from the collection, and then inserted in the envelope.  Next a small token from the Snapshot Wood Token set was added to the outside of the envelope, and the small banner sticker -that serves as the title- complete this cluster.

The picture was attached to the opposite side corner of the page.  A small Kraft Post Tag was added behind the picture amongst the cluster of ephemera at the top corner of the picture.  A small piece of Ken Oliver Vintage Trim Seam Binding was then colored with some gouache, tied in to  a bow, and then attached to the kraft tag.

A small cluster was also created at  the bottom corner of the picture using the Geometric Heart, and the With Love Nature Die bundle were used to die cut some pieces from some of the papers in the collection.   A bit of foam adhesive secures the heart to the picture and the layout.  Here is the final layout:

The end look of the page is so simple, colorful and full of textures.  I love it!  Sometimes it takes a few touches here and there to complete the page.  All the MAYA ROAD products added to the page just add to the feeling and look of the page.  I am always a comment away if you need assistance with anything in this layout.

See you all soon!





MAYA ROAD materials used: